Statues
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President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa comes from a history of prejudice and exclusion, and said that since democracy in 1994, the country had worked to transform its heritage landscape.
The party intends raising the issue with the chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on sports, arts, and culture.
Some protesters in the United States and elsewhere have targeted statues of historic figures associated with slavery or other past human rights abuses.
John Lloyd says statues erected to commemorate should remain to spur reflection, and criticism.
The first phase of the National Heritage monument has been launched. At the unveiling in Pretoria, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said, “we are creating a new and inclusive narrative of what it means to be human, to be African."
Community members claim to have seen a group of people throwing white paint over the plaque.
A meeting was called by Nathi Mthethwa after several statues across the country were vandalised.
Solidarity Movement’s Johan Kruger says the purpose of the interdict is to protect the sculptures.
Locals called for monuments in Krugersdorp to be protected following a spate of statue vandalism.
Zille says while debates around statues and historical symbols are important, the focus should be on poverty.
CARTOON: Monumental Repression
The suspect was released from police custody due to insufficient evidence.
The statue and a commemorative plaque were smeared with white paint this afternoon.
Eyewitnesses claim Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members painted the sculpture brown.
The statues of the former colonial era leaders have been defaced with paint.